Only last month we noted on Skipedia how Airbnb were targeting French ski resorts, with a goal of having 10,000 listings by the end of the season. Spectacular guerrilla marketing This week however Airbnb have pulled off one of the most spectacular pieces of guerrilla marketing in a ski resort we’ve seen for some time...

On Saturday 23 November 2013, Courchevel opened for a unique ‘ouverture exceptionnelle’ offering free skiing in the resort for one day only: We recently interviewed Dominique Bellavarde, Digital Manager at Courchevel Tourisme about their thinking behind the event. Q: How did you come to the decision to open the resort for this one day? Several factors...

We thought it would be interested to put together a short comparison between the home pages of forty of Europe’s leading websites, inspired by Slopefillers recent example from the US. How do they compare in terms of their look and feel? Maybe you are looking for inspiration yourself for a new design. Either way,...

During a recent trip to La Rosiere, we spotted this great personalised number plate, owned by Laura from the tour operator SnowCrazy: Also seen in Courchevel by the Courchevel Enquirer was this Range Rover (possibly owned by Ski Val?): This plate has been spotted in Verbier: Sue Bennett told us that she bought this numberplate after fracturing...

It’s been over six months since the last Skipedia count on how the French Ski Resorts were doing on Facebook, so now the season is underway, a recap is certainly overdue. Here’s the scores on the doors in December 2011: The Top 10 French Ski Resorts on Facebook 1. Megeve – 43529 fans (1) 2....

With December arriving next week, the current state of the slopes in Europe looks extremely worrying. Why is all the snow over in North America and not in Europe? At the risk of sounding like Kevin the Teenager: ‘It’s so unfair!’ North America opens early, Europe opens late… Over the pond – Aspen, Whistler and others...